Outlook: Charlestown must rebuild its offense after losing all 11 starters. Hawkins said he has some pieces, but it might take a while to put those pieces in place. In the meantime, the Pirates must lean on their defense - especially when they travel to conference rival Brownstown on Aug. 30.

"We believe we're going to be better defensively than we were last year," Hawkins said. "We feel like defensively we're going to be pretty good."